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There is a big question mark behind whether goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will play against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday. There is a trend at FC Bayern.
Munich – FC Bayern is still worried about the use of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the Bundesliga classic against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Manuel Neuer: FC Bayern hopes to play against Borussia Dortmund
Neuer was recently injured during training for the DFB team. Due to a slight muscle fiber tear in his left adductor, the experienced goalkeeper, who turns 38 this Wednesday (March 27th), had to leave the German national soccer team early. In the furious 2-0 (1-0) against France, Marc-André ter Stegen from FC Barcelona was in the DFB goal instead.
Will Neuer also be out for Bayern against BVB? On Tuesday there was a new trend from Säbener Strasse in Munich, where the German record champions’ club premises are located.
Manuel Neuer injured: Sven Ulreich would be available as a replacement in Munich
Specifically: like that Kicker reported on Tuesday afternoon (March 26th), Neuer’s appearance against Westphalia in the Allianz Arena is “unlikely”. Currently “there are many indications that the Munich captain will miss the game”. Substitute keeper Sven Ulreich is “ready for his ninth league game,” the trade magazine continued.
Neuer should therefore recover in peace and fully recover from the injury, after all, Bayern already have their eyes on the quarter-finals of the Champions League against FC Arsenal London (April 9th/17th). For the experienced goalkeeper, this certainly also applies to the upcoming European Championship 2024 in his own country (June 14th to July 14th). That’s why no risks should be taken, he writes Kicker.
Manuel Neuer from FC Bayern: Tricky injuries in recent years
For a long time it was unclear whether the 2014 world champion would even return to the football field in this form and condition. At the beginning of December 2022, Neuer suffered a complicated fracture of his lower leg while ski touring not far from his home Tegernsee in the Mangfall Mountains in Bavaria. The long-time Bayern player also suffered tricky metatarsal fractures twice in a row in 2017. (pm)